Facebook for Children, Good or Bad?

(Our Tech Blog) Spend much time on Facebook are often accused of having a negative effect on children and adolescents. However, on the other hand he carried a good learning for them.

A revealing study of the psychological effects of this Facebookan activity. It is said, teenagers who spend much time on Facebook, have a tendency to narcissistic. They are also known to have anti-social behavior, and aggressive maniac.

Facebook is said to also have an impact on children's achievement in school. Those who check Facebook every 15 minutes during learning, reported its value decreases. The use of technology and media to excess every day also brought a negative effect on children's health, making children more depressed, experience anxiety and other psychological problems.

However, Facebook is not merely a negative impact on children and adolescents. As reported by detikINET of Ivanhoe, on Monday (08/08/2011), on the other hand, the researchers also found that teens who hooked Facebookan show they are more astute in showing empathy virtual on their online friends. Social networking also helps children to learn to socialize closed.

With the impacts brought up, the researchers still do not advise parents to monitor children's online activities.

"If you are using a computer program to monitor the baby, then you are just wasting your time because the child will surely find another way about it. Begin early to talk about technology and build confidence," said Larry Rosen, social media researcher at the California State University of mempersentasikan findings at the American Psychological Association.